My name is Kayla, I am 25 years old and have lived with arthritis for over half my life. I attended Pain Education Day at the International Symposium for Pediatric Pain last month, and it was not what I initially expected. I didn't realize I would have the opportunity to meet so many other [...]
Inspired by the Roald Dahl Charity’s Marvellous Nurse Inventing Rooms, on August 23rd, we hosted our very own C+F Inventing Room to ask the community and together envision what our C+F Injection Coping Kits should include. With the help of medical experts, parents and youth, we dove in and got to work! We started [...]
"Throughout all of these experiences that I have had with Cassie + Friends, there is one throughline: Understanding. Understanding is a concept not to be underestimated." Meet Ciara. It was after after my body couldn’t row anymore, my hands couldn’t hold the pencil, my joints ached in pain, and after my diagnosis of [...]
The Cassie + Friends Care & Research Network (CREW) launched in November 2021 as an opportunity for Pediatric Rheumatology clinics in Canada to access up to $15,000 in funding towards improving the care experience at their clinic or advancements in research. To kick off CREW, we've highlighted stories from members of our CREW - [...]
Author: Zoya Jiwa, YLC Program Designer and founder of As We Are Style - a blog about facing health challenges with courage and style. Last weekend, Cassie + Friends’ Youth Leadership Committee got together for our first team retreat on a surprisingly sunny afternoon (thank you, Vancouver!) with a lot of excitement and a BIG [...]
June 26, 2011 - Thankfully the rain stopped and the sun came out for run day. The Cassie and Friends Team, decked out in blue running shirts, had over 50 runners. This year several children who have arthritis took part in the 5km run/walk, closely supported by their family and friends! Over $80,000 was raised and once again [...]
Our fourth annual event drew more than 100 people with some new and many familiar faces. Parents had the chance to hear several informative speakers including Dr. Kathleen O'Neil (who came all the way from Oklahoma) and doctors Jane Gardiner and Ross Petty who gave an excellent talk on uveitis. For the first time parents [...]
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